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The curious lore of precious stones : being a description of their sentiments and folk lore, superstitions, symbolism, mysticism, use in medicine, protection, prevention, religion, and divination, crystal gazing, birthstones, lucky stones and talismans, astral, zodiacal and planetary

by: Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932

Publication date: 1913
Topics: Gems--Folklore, Gems
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Co.
Collection: gialibrary; patron-library-collection
Language: English
Item Size: 1.2G

A significant and comprehensive work on the folklore and healing properties of gemstones.--description submitted for Facets of GIA exhibit.

"An encyclopedic, durable work [...] Apparently Kunz meant this work and its companion volume, Magic of Jewels and Charms [...] to be the ultimate compilations of everything worth knowing on the curious lore of gemstones, and in justice to his effort, it can be said that no works compare to them, even to this day."--Gemology by J. Sinkankas, entry no. 3693.

Addeddate: 2016-04-27 22:41:46
Collection_added: patron-library-collection
Identifier: TheCuriousLoreOfPreciousStonesBeingADescriptionOfTheirSentiments
Identifier-ark: ark:/13960/t8gf5f53s
Ocr: ABBYY FineReader 11.0
Ppi: 600
Year: 1913